Mammals - 3rd Grade

Instructions: Read each question carefully. Then, click on the highlighted words to find the correct answer from the websites.

Giraffe

1) What is the name of the short horns on top of a giraffe's head?
2) How many bones are in a giraffe's neck?
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3) True or False: Giraffes are the world's tallest mammals.
4) What is the average life span of a giraffe?

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Manatee

5) What are the 5 living species of manatees and where do they live ? external image manatee1.jpg
6) What do manatees eat ? Also, about how much do they eat per day?
7) Where is the largest population of manatees found? About how many manatees are found there?
8) True or false. manatees are gentle and slow-moving animals? 
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Monkeys

9) What is the name of the smallest monkey in the world? A) Squirrel Monkey B) Baboon
C) Pygmy Marmoset
D) Filipino Monkeyexternal image baby-monkeys.jpg10) What do monkeys eat? 11) How many different types of species of monkeys are there in the world? A) 100 B) 134 C) 87D) 125
12) Why do monkeys swing through trees?

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Elephant
13) How many different types of elephants are there? 14) True or False: Elephants are the largest land animals today. 15) Elephant's have an excellent sense of: A. smell B. sightC. tasteDownloadedFile
16) And elephant's trunk contains more than muscles that help the elephant use it to gather food and water.
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Pandas
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17.) What country are pandas native of?
18.) How long do pandas typically live for?
19.) True or False: The black and white colored panda is larger than the Red Panda?
20.) When did the first panda appear?
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